Grain-car door.



' Patented :une 3,1902;

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.(Applcation filed Jan. 29, 1902.)

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GRAINSCAR D003.

(Application filed Jan. 29, 1902.) A

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(No Model.)

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ISAAo L. FDwARDS, 'OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, `ASSIGNOUR OF yTwo-THIRDS To EBENRZER A. SANDERS, *LOUISE* 1v1; ooIA, AND AURELIE ooTA, Fy AURORA, ILLINOIS. f j

GRAIN-CAR DOOR.

siIszoIFIoA'rioN forming part of Letters Patent'ivo. 701,551, dated June-3, 1902. Application flied January 29, 1902. Serin Nt. 91,757. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it myomw'm at the side or end of a car and which has its Be it known that I, ISAAC L. EDWARDS, a side edges fitted in vertical ways 3,V formed o citizen of the United States, vresiding vat Auby cleats or bars seouredto opposite sides of rora, in the county of Kane and State of Illithe doorway of the car 4 and spaced apart, as 5 nois, have invented a new and useful Grainclearlyshown in Figs. 4 and 5. The sections 1 Car Door, of which the followingis a speciiiand2arehingedtogether attheirinnervertical cation. edges, and the hinges 5 and 6 are preferably 55 The invention relatesto improvements in arranged at the upper and lower edges of the grain-car doors. grain-car door, as clearly illustratedin Fig.

1o The object ofthe present invention isto im 1 ot' the drawings. The outer Jvertical edges prove thev construction lof grain car doors vof Atheseotions of the grain-car door fit snugly and toprovideasimple, inexpensive, andefi# betweenthe vertical bars or cleats which 6o cient one adapted to provide grain-tight conform the ways 3, so that there is no liability nections between it and the car at the doorof grain escaping] at those points, and in orway and capable of enabling the pressure of dertol prevent any loss of grain at the inner the grain against the door to be readily revertical edges of the sections vertical cleats lieved or reduced, whereby the door may be or strips 7 and 8 are secured to the inner faces 65 easily opened without liability of injuring of the sections, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 any of the parts. and 4 ofthe drawings. The vertical cleat or 2o A further object of the invention is to prostrip 7, which is of greater width than the vide a'dooi of this character adapted for use other-cleat or strip 8, is secured to the section either at the side or end of a car and designed 1 0f the grainfdoor and extends beyond the 7o to remain permanently on the car and capainner vertical edges of the sections and overble of being compactly arrangedwithin the laps'v a portion of the section 2 and abuts car when it is not in use. against the strip or cleat 8 when the grain- Theinven'tion consists in the construction car door is closed. The inner vertical strips and novel combination and arrangement of or cleats 7 and 8 effectually cover the joint 75 parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated or connection at the inner vertical edges of in the accompanying drawings, andpointed thefsections 1 and 2 of the grain-door and pre- 3o out in the Yclaims hereto appended.v vent any loss) of grain at that point.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva- -The grain-car door is interlocked with the tion of a portion of a car provided with a bottom of thecar by means of bottom langes 8o grain-door constructed in accordance with 9, consisting of.pla tes secured to the lower this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal secedges of the sections 1 and 2, and extending tional view of the same, showing the inner outward therefrom, as clearlyshown in Fig. face of the grain-car door. F ig.a3` is a simi- 5, and adaptedwhen the `graindoori s c losed lar view, the graindoor beingk swung back .to project beneath and interlock with a bar 85 against'thesideof the car to fold it out of 10, which extends acrossthe bottom of the the way. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal sectional view, doorway of the car and which is suitably se- 4o the door being arranged as shown ,in Fig. 1. cured to the same. The bottom flanges of the Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the `line sections extend into the grooveformed by the 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detailview of the inner edge of the bar 10, which islocated 9o clamp, the sections being separated. l slightly above the floor of the car, and the said Like numerals of reference designate coriianges prevent the Igrain-'door fromV being responding-parts in all the iigures of the draw raised vertically in they ways 3 and also conings. fine the grain and prevent any loss of the 1 and 2 designate sections 0f a grain-car Same at the bottom of the door. 95 .door which is designed to be arranged either The Section 1 is provided at its inner face with a pair of horizontally-disposed ears 11, formed integral with a T-shaped attachmentplate and receiving one end of a link 12,whieh is pivoted or hinged between the ears 11 by a pintle or bolt 13 and which is similarly connected to a pair of ears 14- of a clamp 15 bya pintle or bolt 16. The attachment-plate, the link, and the clamp may be of any suitable metal, and the clamp, which is composed of two jaws or sections, is provided with a vertical opening 17, in which is arranged a vertical rod 18. The vertical rod 18 has its ends bent at an angle and secured to the innerface of the adjacent side of the car, and the body portion of the rod, which is offset from the car, forms a pintle-and a guide for the graindoor. rlhe grain-door is adapted to break at the center to withdraw the outer vertical edges of the sections from the vertical ways 3 to permit the door to swing inward, and the said grain-dooris adapted to be swung around to the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings and may be arranged in an elevated position or at the bottom of the car. The clamp has one of its sections or jaws recessed to receive the other, and the two jaws or sections are perforated for the reception of a bolt 19. The section 2 of the grain-door is provided at the upper edge with an eye 20, which is adapted to engage a hook 21 of the side of the car for holding the door in an elevated position, and when the door is arranged at the top of the car the clamp 15 is supported by a bracket 22.

The hinge connection is provided with three joints or pintles, and it permits the sections of the grain-door to be readily engaged with and removed from the ways of the sides of the doorway. The door is locked when closed by a combined brace and latch-bar 24, which is mounted on the stud 25 of one section and which engages the perforated ear 26 of the other section. The stud is preferably formed integral with an attachment-plate, and it has a threaded outer portion for the reception of a nut 27, which secures the combined brace and latch bar to the stud. The combined brace and latch-bar is provided at one end with a slot 29 to receive a stud, and it has a hook 30 at the other end for engaging the perforated ear, which is formed integral with a suitable attachmentplate. The slot will permit t-he combined latch-bar and brace to be conveniently arranged when the grain-door is notin use. Instead of employing the latchbar and brace any other suitable fastening device may be used for securing the graindoor in its closed position.

In order to relieve the grain-door of the pressure of the grain when it is desired to open the door, each section of the grain-door is provided with an opening 31, arranged near the bottom of the car and normally covered by a supplemental door or slide 32, arranged in vertical ways 33 and provided at the top with a suitable grip or handle for enabling it to be readily raised. The ways 33 preferably consist of bars provided with Iianges spaced from the grain-door to form grooves for the reception ofthe slide, which fits snugly against the grain-door. When the supplemental doors or slides are raised to uncover the openings 31, the grain will flow through the openings and will leave sufficient space at the inner face of the grain-door to permit the sections 1 and 2 to be readily disengaged from the ways 3.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of a car provided at opposite sides of its doorway with ways, and a sectional grain-door provided at the bottom with a flange interlocked with the bottom of the cai-,whereby the grain-door is held against upward movement and the grain is prevented from escaping, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a car provided at the bottom of its doorway with a groove, and a sectional grain-door provided at the bottom with outwardly-projecting Iianges fitting in the groove of the car, whereby the grain-door is interloeked with the bottom thereof to hold the door against vertical movement and to provide a grain-tight joint, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a car provided at opposite sides with ways, a grain-door arranged in the ways and composed of sections hinged together and provided at the bottom with ianges interlocked with the bottom of the car, and the vertical cleats or bars secured to the inner faces of the sections and covering the inner edges of the said sections at the joint, substantially as described. i

4. The combination of a car, a grain-door composed of sections hinged together and interlocked at their bottom and outer edges with the car and provided with openings, slides normally covering the openings, and means for securing the door, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a car, a grain-door composed of hinged sections, one of the sections being provided with a keeper and a combined brace and latch-bar slidably connected with the other section and provided with means for engaging the keeper, substantially as described.

G. The combination of a car, a grain-door composed of hinged sections, a stud mounted on one of the sections, a keeper arranged on the other section, and a combined brace and latch-bar provided with a slot receiving the stud, said brace-bar being also provided with a hook for engaging the keeper, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a car, avertical rod secured to the car, a clamp mounted on the rod and adapted to swing horizontally and slide vertically, a grain-deci' composed of sections, and a link hinged to the clamp and to the grain-door, substantially as described.

S. The combination of a car, a vertical rod secured to the car, a clamp composed of two IOO Ilo

sections and having an opening receiving the my own I have hereto affixed my signature in rod, said'clamp being also provided with ears, the presence of two Witnesses. a grain-door, aplate secured to the grain-door and provided with ears, and a, link hinged ISAAC L' EDVARDS 5 between the said ears, substantially as de- Witnesses:

scribed. H. F. RILEY,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J. ROSS COLHOUN. 

